Women's Soccer Release
Record: 7-8 (Home: 4-3, Away: 3-5) /
NWC: 4-7 (Home: 3-3, Away: 1-4)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Coming Up: Visit to 8th-Ranked Puget Sound, Lewis & Clark at Home
* Last Week: Bruins Go 2-1 with Upset of 6th-Ranked Whitworth
* Cardwell HM for NWC Defensive Player of the Week
* Alexander Sets Single-Game Assists Record with 3 vs. Whitworth
* NWC Stats: Stevens, Alexander Among League Scoring Leaders
COMING UP:
* Sat., Oct. 23, 12:00 noon - at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. (NWC)
* Sun., Oct. 24, 12:00 noon - vs. Lewis & Clark College, Newberg, Ore. (NWC)
LAST WEEK: (click on links for releases and box scores)
* Oct. 13 - at George Fox 2, Pacific 0
* Oct. 16 - Whitman 3, at George Fox 0
* Oct. 17 - at George Fox 4, Whitworth 1
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE:
The Bruins (7-8, 4-7 and 6th in the NWC) hit the top and the bottom of the conference this week, visiting 8th-ranked Puget Sound (13-1, 10-1 and 1st in the NWC) Saturday before returning home Sunday to face Lewis & Clark (2-10-1, 0-10 and 9th). The Bruins lost 2-0 to the UPS Loggers and defeated the L&C Pioneers 1-0 in their previous meetings this year. The game at Puget Sound will be the second in a row for the Bruins against a nationally-ranked team; GFU upset the 6th-ranked Whitworth Pirates 4-1 in their last game Sunday. Visit the new Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Women's Soccer Standings.
COACH ANDY HETHERINGTON
Including this year's record to date, Andy Hetherington (St. John's, U.K., '76) is 11-38-1 (.230) in his 3rd season as the women's soccer coach at George Fox. He was 123-20-5 in 10 seasons as a high school coach in the Portland, Ore., area before taking the position at George Fox.
BRUIN BITS:
* Cardwell HM for NWC Defensive Player of the Week
Goalkeeper Jessica Cardwell (Fr., Fall Creek, Ore.) received Honorable Mention for Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 11-17 after posting one shutout and a career high in saves in another game as the Bruins went 2-1. Ina 2-0 win over Pacific on Wednesday, she had 4 saves while facing 13 shots, 4 on goal, in her 3rd shutout of the season. In a 3-0 loss to Whitman in Saturday, she made 8 saves while facing 18 shots, 11 on goal. In a 4-1 upset of #6 Whitworth on Sunday, she made a personal-best 21 saves while facing 44 shots, 23 on goal. For the week, in 270 minutes, she faced 65 shots, 38 on goal, and made 33 saves while allowing only 3 scores. She ranks 2nd in the NWC in goalie saves.
* Alexander Sets Single-Game Record for Assists with 3 vs. Whitworth
Sparking the Bruins to a 4-1 upset victory over the 6th-ranked Whitworth Pirates on Oct. 17, freshman forward Julie Alexander established a new George Fox record for assists in one game with an assist on each of the Bruins' first three goals.
Alexander crossed from the right corner of the keeper's box to Katlynn Tuttle, who shot the ball into the left corner of the net for the Bruins' first score at 29:52 in the first half. Three minutes later, Alexander passed from the right sideline to Bethany Zirschky coming down the middle for another goal. At 41:36, Alexander sent a long pass from the right side to the front of the net, where Emily Atkinson headed it home, giving the Bruins an insurmountable 3-0 lead.
The previous best of two assists in a game had been accomplished numerous times before, the most recent by Kiersten Luginbill and Brittany Anselmi in a 6-0 win over Cascade on Sept. 10 this season in Newberg.
* Bruins Come Out of "Hinge of Fate" with 3-2 Record
Before the 2004 season began, George Fox women's soccer coach Andy Hetherington pointed to a string of mid-season games that could make or break his team's season and dubbed it "the hinge of fate; how we play during that stretch of five games in eight days will determine how successful our season will be."
If the Bruins' performance during that stretch are any indication, they may well be back on their way into contention in the Northwest Conference soon. The team went 3-2, starting with a tough 2-1 loss at Pacific Lutheran on Oct. 9. They bounced back with a 4-1 win over Yamhill County rival Linfield on Oct. 10 and a 2-0 blanking of Pacific on Oct. 13, both at home. On Oct. 16, Whitman scored two goals in the final five minutes to break open a close game and defeat the Bruins 3-0 in Newberg. Concluding the "hinge of fate" on a high note, the Bruins stunned 6th-ranked Whitworth 4-1 on Oct. 17.
At 7-8, the Bruins have the most wins in a season since going 13-5 in 2000.
* NWC Stats: Stevens, Alexander Among League Leaders in Scoring
In the latest Northwest Conference women's soccer statistics (Oct. 20), the George Fox Bruins are 2nd in Goalkeeper Saves (116), 3rd in Shots (233), 4th in Goals (28), Assists (19), and Points (75), and 6th in Goals Allowed (22) ... Jessica Cardwell is 2nd in Goalie Saves (103) while Amaris Tronson is 10th in Saves (12) ... Julie Alexander is 3rd in Shots (46), tied for 5th in Assists (5), tied for 7th in Points (15, 5 g, 5 a), and tied for 10th in Goals (5) ... Amber Stevens is tied for 5th in Game-Winning Goals (2), 7th in Goals (6) and Points (15, 6 g, 3 a), tied for 10th in Assists (3), and 10th in Shots (34) ... Emily Atkinson is tied for 5th in Game-Winning Goals (2) and 10th in Goals per game (0.42) ... Kiersten Luginbill is tied for 8th in Assists (4) ... Visit the new Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Women's Soccer Statistics.